Not-So-Simply Filling

Simply Filling is a lot harder than it sounds.

Especially if you're a vegetarian who doesn't like vegetables.

I'm struggling today with sticking to the Weight Watchers Simply Filling technique. I felt a lot better about things yesterday. I am determined to keep up with Simply Filling until my meeting next Wednesday, but Wednesday seems a loooong time away right now!

I thought I had a great Power Food supper planned--butternut squash soup with rosemary bread. I attempted to make the bread into a Power Food by swapping out 3/4 of the white flour with white wheat flour, and by using olive oil spray. It was definitely delicious, but I didn't realize until I tried tracking the meal that the bread isn't technically a Power Food.

Bummer. But it WAS really good! And I liked making my own bread and knowing everything that went into it. Worth the effort and the points, but it won't work this week for Simply Filling.

I've been scouring the internet for a solution, but it seems like the only reduced calorie breads that count as Power Foods are commercially prepared. That's because the calories are swapped with scary sounding chemicals. How disappointing. I made the bread in hopes of using it for tofu sandwiches, egg salad sandwiches, and croutons this weekend. Now I can, but I have to count each slice as two points. Le sigh.

After the two slices of bread and a Smart Ones Chocolate Chip Sundae tonight, I'm now down to 27 points left for the week. 27 points doesn't amount to much when I'm trying to make them last until Wednesday. It leaves me wondering if I am eating enough anyway. I'm pretty hungry. Or a lot hungry. I glanced in front of me and thought for a second that I had a bowl of cheesy, gooey, crunchy nachos in front of me--then I realized it was a bowl full of torn and empty pomegranate peels. What I wouldn't give for a big ass bowl of nachos right now. Sure, I could go make some, but then I'd have no points left for the week and I might become stabby. No one needs that.

The Smart Ones was totally worth the four points, by the way. I love these things. I know I can't depend on these junk food-type snacks, but they keep me from feeling deprived. And they're just so good!

Oh yeah, before my nacho tangent I was saying I thought I may be eating too little. For comparison's sake, I plugged my food from today into SparkPeople and was told that I had eaten 920 calories out of a recommended 1440-1790. That doesn't seem right. I'm still tracking the measurements of my food for Weight Watchers so I can look back and see what worked and what didn't, so I know I measured accurately. It just doesn't seem like I should have used 8 points of my weekly Simply Filling points today when I've only eaten 920 calories.

I'm hungry. And I'm not sure if these 27 points are going to get me through the weekend, let alone until my next meeting. And I really, really want some nachos.